You probably haven't decided where you'd go if a pack of Velociraptors arrived in your neighborhood, eager to rumble, or how you'd deal with a Tyrannosaurus Rex standing in the backyard.

But... You have a keen hunch you'd figure it all out, pronto, because you think about dinosaurs a lot, as in daily, or weekly, at least, which is understandable, since these ancient behemoths remain forever fascinating to we modern humans.

You'll have ample room to consider meeting a dino, face-to-face (or, let's be honest, face-to-scaly-lower-leg), when you attend Dino Fest at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles.

It's a two-day festival, of course, because one day isn't nearly capacious enough to hold all of the wonder that these long-ago reptiles possess. The festival roars on Saturday, Sept. 23 and Sunday, Sept. 24 at the Exposition Park museum.

On the festival's scaly, stupendous-of-height schedule? Cool talks, like "Dinosaurs in Media with Special Effects Artist Shannon Shea," shall enlighten and delight, while Paleo Chats, live science rock from The Amoeba People, a "Jurassic Park" Motor Pool, and "excavations" of fossils are just some of the other must-dos.

And Buddy from "Dinosaur Train!," the PBS series, will be in house, meeting fans.